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Asbestos Litigation

Publications are listed in chronological order. Learn more about ICJ's research by visiting the Research Agenda page on Asbestos Litigation. Additional related publications may be found in the lists of Research Briefs and Executive Summaries.

Asbestos Litigation Stephen J. Carroll, Deborah R. Hensler, Jennifer Gross, Elizabeth M. Sloss, Matthias Schonlau, Allan Abrahamse and J. Scott Ashwood, MG-162-ICJ, 2005 (Full Document) Presents the most comprehensive description to date of the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history.

Asbestos Litigation Costs and Compensation: An Interim Report Stephen Carroll, Deborah Hensler, Allan Abrahamse, Jennifer Gross, Michelle White, Scott Ashwood, and Elizabeth Sloss, DB-397-ICJ, 2002 (Full Document) Examines the dimensions of current asbestos litigation and the potential future effects of the litigation on the U.S. economy.

Asbestos Litigation in the U.S.: A New Look at an Old Issue Deborah Hensler, Stephen Carroll, Michelle White, Jennifer Gross, DB-362.0-ICJ, 2001 (Full Document) This briefing documents the first phase of a new study on asbestos litigation, now the longest-running mass tort litigation in U.S. history.

Fashioning a National Resolution of Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation: A Reply to Professor Brickman Deborah R. Hensler, RP-114 (originally published in Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 13, no. 6, Apr. 1992), 1992 (Ordering Information) Responds to Professor Brickman's analysis of the asbestos litigation problem, as well as to his proposal for a national administrative solution to the problem.

Asbestos Litigation in the United States: A Brief Overview Deborah R. Hensler, P-7776 (October 1991 testimony to the Courts and Judicial Administration Subcommittee, United States House Judiciary Committee), 1992 (Ordering Information) Summarizes the scope of asbestos litigation in the United States, the response of the civil justice system to date, and the obstacles to efficient and equitable resolution of asbestos-related personal injury claims.

Asbestos in the Courts: The Challenge of Mass Toxic Torts Deborah R. Hensler, William L.F. Felstiner, Molly Selvin, Patricia A. Ebener, R-3324, 1985 (Ordering Information) Presents the results of a study of how the civil justice system has dealt with the challenges presented by asbestos litigation.

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